Lists of For-Credit Courses & How to Enroll
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Fill out our interest form to get started. Whether you're an undergraduate or graduate student, PHIT courses offer valuable skills in public health informatics, and completion of training may qualify you for a paid internship!
Program Requirements
Undergraduate Students
Required to complete the following four PHIT courses:
| Course | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHIT A | Introduction to Public Health Informatics and Technology |
| PHIT B | The Role of Data in Public Health Informatics |
| PHIT C | Emerging Technologies for Public Health |
| PHIT D | Public Health Maps and Spatial Analysis for Health Equity |
Note: Some courses may be waived based on prior coursework. Fill out the interest form to be assigned to an advisor who can help determine which courses may be waived.
Graduate Students
Required to enroll in the following courses:
| Course | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHIT C/E | Emerging Technologies for Public Health |
| PHIT D/F | Public Health Maps and Spatial Analysis for Health Equity |
Note: Some courses may be waived based on prior coursework. Fill out the interest form to be assigned to an advisor who can help determine which courses may be waived.
How to Enroll
É«ÖÐÉ« Students
Current É«ÖÐÉ« students may enroll in PHIT courses using the university registration system.
Non-É«ÖÐÉ« Students
Students from other CSU campuses must enroll in PHIT courses through CSU Fully Online. Watch our step-by-step enrollment video to learn how to register for PHIT courses.
CCPHIT Courses
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Fall 2025 (Undergraduate)
This course introduces public health informatics and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of public health, including the history and structure of public health in the United States. An overview of public health information systems and data will be explored and how they support public health.
Course: HSC 260 01 (9557) (Or any section of HSC 201)
Modality: Asynchronous at CSU Long Beach (Online)
Date: Online
Instructor: Dr. Debbie Huang
Students will understand and apply public health informatics and technology focusing on health/healthcare disparities. Students will procure, create, clean, manage, and analyze data to answer public health questions. Health informatics standards will also be introduced.
Course: HSC 360-01 (9558)
Modality: Synchronous at CSU Long Beach (Online)
Date: TuTh 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Instructor: Dr. Monica Montano
In this course, students will learn Public Health Informatics & Standards, which is a multidisciplinary field that combines public health, computer science, information technology, and digital health interoperability standards to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of public health efforts. It involves the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to collect, manage, analyze and disseminate health-related data to support public health research, policymaking, planning, and surveillance. Students will leverage and harness technology for better and more equitable public health outcomes. This entails learning and understanding the busines and policy models that can put technology into practice, overcome community-specific barrieres to technology uptake, and create outcomes. The course has a case study format with each case covering an important technology which plays a part in advancing public health. The applications are standards and informatics; mental health apps in the community; application of AI/ML/NLP in public health; bio-surveillance, and devices and lifestyle. Students will become capable of improving the health of the public by innovating with technology.
Course: HSC 460 A
Modality: Synchronous at CSU Long Beach (Online)
Date: F 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Instructor: Dr. Brian Kwan
OR
Course: CIVENG 187
Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley (Online)
Date: F 2:00 PM - 3:59 PM (Lab Asynchronous)
Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta
Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.
Course: HSC 460B
Modality: Synchronous at É«ÖÐÉ« (Online)
Date: F 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Instructors: Dr. Erica Rosen
OR
Course: GEOG 371
Modality: Asynchronous (Online)
Date: Online
Instructors: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg
Fall 2025 (Graduate)
In this course, students will learn Public Health Informatics & Standards, which is a multidisciplinary field that combines public health, computer science, information technology, and digital health interoperability standards to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of public health efforts. It involves the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to collect, manage, analyze and disseminate health-related data to support public health research, policymaking, planning, and surveillance. Students will leverage and harness technology for better and more equitable public health outcomes. This entails learning and understanding the busines and policy models that can put technology into practice, overcome community-specific barrieres to technology uptake, and create outcomes. The course has a case study format with each case covering an important technology which plays a part in advancing public health. The applications are standards and informatics; mental health apps in the community; application of AI/ML/NLP in public health; bio-surveillance, and devices and lifestyle. Students will become capable of improving the health of the public by innovating with technology.
Course: HSC 460 A
Modality: Synchronous at CSU Long Beach (Online)
Date: F 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Instructor: Dr. Brian Kwan
OR
Course: CIVENG 187
Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley (Online)
Date: F 2:00 PM - 3:59 PM (Lab Asynchronous)
Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta
Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.
Course: HSC 460B
Modality: Synchronous at É«ÖÐÉ« (Online)
Date: F 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Instructors: Dr. Erica Rosen
OR
Course: GEOG 371
Modality: Asynchronous (Online)
Date: Online
Instructors: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg
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